Private Day Tour: Mining Museum and Holy Mountain Near Pribram from Prague

Private Day Tour: Mining Museum and Holy Mountain Near Pribram from Prague

Embark on a tour to visit a national historic landmark: the Mining Museum, declared in 2014. The museum has the highest attendance in its category and was founded in 1886. Your next stop will be the city of Příbram. It is a place of pilgrimage Holy Mountain in Příbram and offers a view of the famous Silver altar. Pilgrimage has existed since the 16th century.

At Czech monuments there are professional guides provided by the monument administration for the best experience.

For the road you can choose between two options:

Private excursion with a buddy (“guide”) and local guides at monuments.

On the way, you will be able to ask your buddy about anything you are interested in.

Private excursion with the written description and local guides at monuments.

Written description will provide basic information about the trip, sights and history of the country.

You will be collected and welcomed from your hotel in the morning. The journey will take approximately 1 hour during transfer, you will see the beautiful scenery of Central Bohemia.

The first destination is the national historic landmark - Mining Museum Příbram - Birch Mountain. Professional guide will highlight the uniqueness of this national landmark. Mining and ore processing has quite the tradition. Mining at Příbram has started in the 16th century, while the greatest expansion was achieved in the 19th century. Back in time, 90% of the mined silver of Habsburg state was mined here.The main highlights of the rich museum coffers are; steam mining machine from the late 19th century, water wheel with a diameter of 12.4 meters,1600m deep mining pit and many other attractions.On your way to lunch, you will be traveling by narrow gauge railway.

After your lunch at a local restaurant, you will visit a place of pilgrimage - Holy Mountain near Příbram. The purpose of the journey of the pious pilgrims was the worship of the Virgin Mary, which epitomized the statue of the Virgin Mary of Holy Mountain in the form of Gothic carvings. Baroque is an important highlight, which was built on the site of the original 16th-century chapel.The original chapel was built during the religious fragmentation, turmoil and unrest.

In 17th century, the area Holy Mountain became one of the largest and most important early Baroque buildings in the country. Holy Mountain fame spread even beyond the borders of Bohemia, and the number of pilgrims from Bavaria, Austria and Hungary. Explore the history of famous Holy Mountain with your professional guide at the location.

After your amazing visit at the grounds of Holy Mountain area, you will be dropped back to your centrally located Prague hotel.